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THE JOY OF GEOGRAPHY
Abstract
I may be the first past president of the cag to come to the podium with two addresses ready for delivery. One is rather lengthy and formal, representative of some of my work during the last decade or so. The second is shorter and lighter in tone, rather personal, but hopefully it will be taken in the spirit in which it is offered.
I have, of course, been thinking about this address for months. A number of people have suggested that I should discuss topics of common interest, including resources management, historical geography, national parks and public land, conservation, cultural ecology, and the Canadian Arctic. In urging me to address these topics colleagues provided various reasons, ranging from neglect of the subject in Canadian geography to its relevance to public policy. I am grateful for this advice, which has not, however, prevented me from procrastinating in finally deciding upon a topic.
... Of Canadian significance is the special edition of The Canadian Geographer (1980) where a collection of six papers on the theme "tourism management in host communities" appear. Scholarly interest and acceptance is contributing to the evolution of the study of tourism geography in Canada and beyond (Hall and Page, 2009 ;Holden, 2008 ;Nelson, 1977 ;Pearce, 1979 ;Smith and Mitchell, 1990 ;Mitchell and Murphy, 1991 ;Williams, 1998). Butler's (2004) article in Tourism Geographies chronicles the evolution of tourism geography and identifies research eras and dominant themes. ...
Cet article emprunte à la théorie géographique pour étudier le rapport entre le tourisme, la transformation et le développement durable. Nous présentons un cadre conceptuel qui permet de mieux saisir le rapport entre le tourisme et l’environnement en nous basant plus particulièrement sur le discours géographique qui concerne le déterminisme environnemental, le possibilisme, la théorie des systèmes, le développement durable et l’éthique environnementale. En considérant les impacts persistants du tourisme sur l’environnement, le cadre propose un contexte distinct qui permet d’étudier la nature multidirectionnelle et la capacité de transformation de ce rapport. Nous abordons tout ce que cela implique au niveau de la compréhension collective et de la transition vers une approche durable de la planification et de l’administration du tourisme – une véritable nouvelle ère pour la géographie du tourisme.
Contrary to general opinion and to National Parks literature, Banff National Park is not an "unspoiled" or "natural" landscape on which man has had little or no effect. Indeed, through carelessness with fire, and by lumbering and other means, man substantially changed the landscape of the area in the decades around the turn of the twentieth century. Destruction and removal of vegetation were especially widespread. Historical evidence indicates that these vegetation changes, in turn, caused changes in flood characteristics in at least the upper Bow Valley.